We're previewing the upcoming season with help from SBNation. Matt Opper from Down The Drive looks at Cincy football.
Butch Jones enters his third season at Cincinnati and has his sights set on back-to-back postseason appearances. The schedule looks to be in the Bearcats favor, with home games against Big East favorites Rutgers and USF in back-to-...

Members of the SBNation family of blogs are helping us preview the 2012 season. Today, Brian Favat from BC Interruption talks Boston College.
Last year the Eagles missed the postseason for the first time in 13 seasons. This year they go on the road to three other ACC Atlantic contenders (Florida State, Wake Forest, NC State), draw Miami, Virginia ...

South Florida will try to win their fourth-straight bowl game in 2012 and are favorites to win the Big East. The Bulls have key non-conference games against Florida State (Sept. 29) and at Miami (Nov. 17). They are 13-4 all-time against in-state competition. Their biggest road matchup will be at conference foe Louisville (Oct. 20).
2011 Record: 5-7...

Members of the SBNation family of blogs are helping us preview the 2012 season. Today, DrB from Shakin The Southland talks Clemson football.
2011 was a banner year for the Tigers, even if most fans will get hung up on a crushing final game. Two wins over ACC power Virginia Tech highlighted a tear that saw Clemson claim its first ACC Championship s...

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As the college football season draws closer, we’re taking a look at all of our partner schools with some of the bloggers who know them best. Akula Wolf from Backing The Pack joins us to talk NC State.
The Wolfpack kick off the season in Atlanta against Tennessee and also take road trips to Miami and Clemson...

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As the college football season draws closer, we’re taking a look at all of our partner schools with some of the bloggers who know them best. Today Sean from Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician helps us preview Syracuse.
Head coach Doug Marrone has made strides to bring the Orange back to prominence, but the...

This morning, Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer and Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs announced their new deal to start a planned $175 million renovation of the Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium by 2014. It's great news for the Russell Athletic Bowl, as it means the long-awaited fixes -- which will amount to basically an entirely new stadium for a fraction of the...

Today and tomorrow, we embark on the daunting task of replacing eight years' worth of logos. Shirts, signage, stationary...probably some other things that don't begin with "s."
This is the bowl's first name change in eight years, the longest stretch in an admittedly patchwork title history. By the time Florida Citrus Sports purchased the gam...

It's an exciting (and hectic) day at Florida Citrus Sports as we finally flip the switch on the Russell Athletic Bowl. This process has been bubbling for a couple of months now but it's just like bowl week: no amount of late nights and early mornings can avoid the pandemonium of game day (or in this case, launch day). It's straight downhill today; ...